Mug shot of Attorney General Ken Paxton from the Collin County Jail on Aug. 3, 2015.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has hired new lawyer to help him fight a felony indictment.

Paxton tapped former Dallas County First Assistant District Attorney Terri Moore as one of his lawyers. She was the top assistant under former Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins from 2007 to 2011.

The attorney general also picked Dan Cogdell, a veteran defense lawyer from Houston.

“I believe that I have secured a strong and aggressive team of highly competent and respected attorneys," Paxton said via prepared statement. "I am entrusting them to courageously lead this case, fighting for truth and justice, while I continue to fulfill my duties as Attorney General which the people of Texas elected me to do. I vigorously deny the allegations in the indictments, and I anxiously await my day in court.”